..."Copyright Registration" on page 7. Copyright is secured automatically when the work is created, and a work is "created" when it is fixed in a copy or phonorecord for the first time. "Copies" are material objects from which a work can be read or visually perceived either directly or...

...is entitled to statutory copyright protection as soon as it is "created," or according to § 10 1,8 when it is "fixed in a copy or phono-record for the first time." The Copyright Remedy Clarification Act9 amended the Copyright Law to clarify that states, instrumentalities...

...where the work has been prepared in different versions, each version constitutes a separate work. If a work is created when it is fixed in a copy or phonorecord for the first time, it is difficult to imagine that the work exists prior to that time. Thus, the Copyright 8 Of course,...